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It took five years but I just finished writing my book.

PhillyB

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I started the conceptual process five years ago, after returning from a life-changing trek around Australia and Southeast Asia. Two years ago I set across the Pacific Ocean on a cargo ship to put it all down in words, and two weeks ago I got back from a furiously-concentrated writing session where I polished off the final chapters.

 

My book is entitled Third Spur East of the Sun. Seeing it printed out, in draft form, was a transcendent experience. It's been an abstraction for years and it blows my mind that it's at this point. It's not quite done - I've still got a couple of volunteers (Kurb included, thanks Kurb) reading copies to provide feedback so I can make final adjustments and polish it up - but I'm only a few weeks away from the daunting process of seeking publication.

 

My request to you guys, if you are at all interested, is to simply "like" the book page on Facebook and kindly follow me on Twitter (I don't over-post and I rarely retweet, so I won't get in your way.) One of the first things prospective publishers and book agents do is search for the kind of following these things have online, so having respectable numbers behind me with provide invaluable clout.

 

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Huge thanks to anyone who takes the time! The Huddle will receive a collective thanks in my foreword if I manage to get this thing published; you guys have been invaluable during the process of creating this whole thing (even if you've also been the biggest distraction… never try to write a book while logged onto the huddle… it won't happen.)

 

 

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liked the FB page... don't do twitter tho

 

hope this thing gets published and is everything you wanted it to be

 

I'm the opposite, so did the opposite. Congrats PhillyB. Good luck with the publication process.

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I remember the cargo ship thread. Has it been 2 years already? I'm contemplating a book project myself, a classic southern Bildungsroman, to be specific. Def will like the page! Good luck and congrats, so far!

 

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